Aortic endografts: Detecting endoleaks using contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-52

  Dill Macky, Marcus J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Contrast; Endoleak; Intervention; Microbubbles; Stent graft; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RUPTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; ENDOLEAK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749425669     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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